Manchester United

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Let's head to the delightful San Sebastian next and a tough test for Manchester United against Real Sociedad in the last 16 of the Europa League.

Harry Maguire and Manuel Ugarte will miss the match after both players were absent from training at Carrington on Wednesday morning and did not travel to Spain.

Speaking at a news conference on Wednesday evening, Ruben Amorim said: "They are small things, so we are being careful with them because in this moment we cannot allow us to lose more players for a long time."

Amorim is already without several key players for the trip, with Amad Diallo, Kobbie Mainoo and Lisandro Martinez among those sidelined.

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We have a colleague who just loves to hear about teams and players being the best version of themselves against Tottenham. This will make his day...

Back to the Europa League - here's a rundown of tonight's fixtures.

The first legs of all eight round of 16 ties take place this evening.

Of the eight, three involve British sides, with Manchester United, Rangers and Tottenham all in matches away from home later today:

• Real Sociedad v Manchester United (17:45)
• FCSB v Lyon (17:45)
• Fenerbahce v Rangers (17:45)
• AZ Alkmaar v Tottenham (17:45)
• Viktoria Plzen v Lazio (20:00)
• Bodo/Glimt v Olympiacos (20:00)
• Ajax v Eintracht Frankfurt (20:00)
• Roma v Athletic Club (20:00)

We still have Nottingham Forest manager Nuno Espirito Santo to come on, amongst other things, why he believes Matz Sels, rather than Alisson, is the best goalkeeper in the world.

Well he did have to say that, didn't he?

Ipswich Town

Ipswich Town manager Kieran McKenna has confirmed that defender Axel Tuanzebe will miss the match against Crystal Palace due to a "small muscle injury".

Cameron Burgess awaits an assessment on his injury and could potentially be in contention for Saturday's trip to Sellhurst Park.

Southampton

Back to the present, Southampton manager Ivan Juric said in his news conference that there were no new injuries and that his side were "all good" for their trip to Anfield.

Adam Lallana, James Bree and Kyle Walker-Peters have all been passed fit.

Southampton

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Let's start with Southampton manager Ivan Juric, who refused to answer questions about his future at the club beyond the end of this season: "It's normal for every manager when you have results and everything is good and when you don't have results, you and the club have doubts. It's a normal situation and I'm used to it. For every manager it's nothing special.

On whether he will be in charge next season: "I don't know. Like I said, I live in the moment and I'm thinking about Liverpool, not about what will or will not happen in the future. I can do my job and try to do my best. That's it."

The Europa League and Conference League preview will continue after this short break...for some Premier League team news.

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Tonight, Fenerbahce and Rangers meet for the third time in history.

Their previous two meetings came in a two-legged affair in a third-round qualifier for the 2001-02 Champions League group stage.

The first leg ended in a 0-0 draw at Ibrox before Fenerbahce won the second leg 2-1 in Istanbul.

Manager Barry Ferguson was a Rangers player during those two legs, but missed both matches through injury.

Fenerbahce went on to lose all six matches in the group stage of the Champions League that season, suffering defeats home and away to Barcelona, Lyon and Bayer Leverkusen. They also finished second in the Turkish Super Lig behind Galatasaray.

Meanwhile, Rangers reached the round of 16 of the then Uefa Cup (now Europa League) after wins over Anzhi Makhachkala, Dinamo Moscow and Paris St-Germain in earlier rounds, prior to losing to Feyenoord.

Rangers finished second that year in the Scottish Premier League, but did win the Scottish Cup and Scottish League Cup.

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Rangers have lost three of their last five matches in all competitions, all of which have been at Ibrox.

Back-to-back home defeats to St Mirren - which led to the sacking of Philippe Clement as manager - and Motherwell in the Scottish Premiership have come since the defeat to Scottish Championship side Queen's Park in the Scottish Cup last month.

Rangers' last away game in Europe was a 2-0 defeat at Manchester United, but they have beaten Nice and Malmo on the road this term.

New manager Barry Ferguson's side are second in the Premiership table, but 16 points behind leaders Celtic.

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Before tonight's match, Jose Mourinho was asked about whether or not he would consider managing in Scotland.

This was his response...

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On the whole, very good.

Jose Mourinho's side enter tonight's meeting with Rangers currently on an 18-match unbeaten run in all competitions.

That run consits of 11 wins and seven draws since losing 2-0 at home to Athletic Club in the Europa League on 11 December.

They currently sit second in the Turkish Super Lig table, four points behind leaders Galatasaray.

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Fenerbahce manager Jose Mourinho says he is the "opposite" of racist following the racism allegations made against him by Galatasaray.

Galatasaray said they would "initiate criminal proceedings" against Mourinho after claiming he made "racist statements" following the teams' 0-0 draw on 24 February.

"They [Galatasaray] were not clever in the way they attacked me, because they didn't know my past," Mourinho told Sky Sports., external

"They didn't know my connections with Africa, with African people and African players and African charities.

"So instead of going against me, I think it boomeranged and went against them."

Following the Istanbul derby, Mourinho said the home bench had been "jumping like monkeys" during the game, with Fenerbahce subsequently saying Mourinho's comments had been taken "completely taken out of context".

Mourinho, 64, has also filed a lawsuit against Galatasaray seeking damages worth 1,907,000 Turkish Lira (£41,000).

We have some Premier League news conferences taking place this lunchtime and will bring you the top lines from those.

In the meantime, we are going to begin our build-up to tonight's Europa League and Conference League ties, starting with the latest from Fenerbahce coach Jose Mourinho before his side's match against Rangers...

Newcastle United

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Sticking with Newcastle United briefly, left-back Lewis Hall has been speaking to the club's website after being ruled out for the season through injury, less than two weeks before their EFL Cup final against Liverpool:

"I feel like my season's gone well and it's come at probably the worst time. I would want to continue playing but we had to look at my career and agree on what was best. If I was to play through the pain, things could have got worse which would have a negative impact on my career long-term.

"Honestly, I would play through anything if I could. Obviously the cup final is a massive game; I'd played in all the games leading up to it and I'd like to think I've played a big part in us getting to this stage.

"And with the internationals coming up as well, it's disappointing that I'm not available to be selected for that - and that I can't play in the end of season games which ultimately will determine the competitions we play in (next season), whether we get in the Champions League.

"It's quite hard to accept at the minute but I'm still young and there are many opportunities ahead, I'm very confident in that."

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On whether Myles Lewis-Skelly was fortunate to avoid being sent off after escaping a second yellow card against PSV:

I think so. I think the first one is unlucky. I don’t really think it’s a foul, let alone a yellow card, but the referee has been quite forceful and decided that is what it is.

When you’re on a yellow card, you’ve got to be careful and it is good to be a young player and try and want to be out there and make a difference.

But, you’ve got to stay on your feet and the way he gets up looks as if he’s expecting a long walk down the tunnel, but he gets away with it is massive for him and it’s a great learning opportunity. Smile for now because these days don’t come around very often.